JavaScript “associative” array access

Question

I have a simple simulated array with two elements:

bowl["fruit"] = "apple";
bowl["nuts"] = "brazilian";

Answer 1

I am not sure I understand you. You can make sure the key is a string like this

if(!key) {
  return;
}
var k = String(key);
var t = bowl[k];

Or you can check if the key exists:

if(typeof(bowl[key]) !== 'undefined') {
  var t = bowk[key];
}

However, I don't think you have posted the non-working code?